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    Salvation (Anomaly Series #4)
    Salvation (Anomaly Series #4)
    Salvation (Anomaly Series #4)
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    Salvation (Anomaly Series #4)

    By Anna Hackett

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    He was once a power-hungry crime lord and John Brown can never forget it. He’s lost most of his memories—most of his soul—but no one trusts him...not even himself. Then his calm, boring existence is shattered when he wakes up chained in a secret underground lab. Tortured, experimented on, his only hope is a feminine voice in the darkness.

    Eve Myles has a very big secret. One she doesn’t plan to share with anyone. She’s spent a lifetime surviving people intent on abusing her psychic abilities and once again, she’s trapped in some Frankenstein’s lab. When Mr. Tall, Dark and Broody arrives in the cell beside hers, she takes her chance to escape with him. Thrust into the treacherous terrain of the Australian Outback and hunted by their captors, these two survivors will stand side-by-side and fight.

    John and Eve are shocked by a passion that burns hotter than the desert sun and soon yearn for a chance at a life neither one of them thought possible. But even if they survive the dangers around them, they may not survive each other’s dark secrets.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnna Hackett
    Release dateOct 16, 2013
    ISBN9780987374035
    Salvation (Anomaly Series #4)
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    Anna Hackett

    I’m Anna and I’m a USA Today bestselling author who’s passionate about action romance. I love stories that combine the thrill of falling in love with the excitement of action, danger and adventure. I write about people overcoming unbeatable odds and achieving seemingly impossible goals. I like to believe it’s possible for all of us to do the same.

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    Salvation (Anomaly Series #4) - Anna Hackett

    Chapter One

    It was dark. He was shackled. And he hurt like hell.

    John ignored his throbbing head and lifted his arms. Steel links clanked in the darkness. Where the hell was he?

    He blinked, slowly, but even that hurt. Every muscle ached like he’d been thrown out of a plane or tossed down a cliff. Or both. The last thing he remembered he’d been working in the gardens on Haven, the ocean breeze cool on his face. He blinked again and a few shapes came into focus in the murky, dank darkness. A bare light bulb on a wire overhead. White, grimy tiled walls. The sound of dripping water. He lay on some sort of metal table.

    Wait a second, he hadn’t been on Haven. He’d been accompanying Callahan to the mainland. They’d gone to Cairns to pick up some security equipment Cal was having delivered. The man was obsessed with protecting the island and the people with special abilities who called it home.

    They were hunted by many. Governments, agencies, military, criminals.

    John grimaced. He should know. He’d been one of the hunters.

    He wasn’t that man anymore. He pressed a hand to his chest. Realized his shirt was torn open, the buttons gone and his chest was shaved bare. What the hell?

    A memory burst out of his clouded brain. He’d gone to bring the truck back to Cal and someone had hit him from behind. After that, it had been lights out.

    Hey, Sleeping Beauty. You awake?

    John stilled and turned his head. The voice was husky but definitely feminine. He realized the wall to the left wasn’t solid but composed of bars.

    There was a flash of bare arms in the shadows and long fingers wrapped around the steel cage.

    Where am I? His voice was a croaky rasp.

    Dr. Frankenstein’s house of horrors. The woman knocked on the bars and a clang rang out. Underground lab of a really nice fellow called Keene.

    John frowned. The name sounded familiar. Who are you?

    Name’s Eve.

    How long have you been here? He tried to move but the chains around his wrists and ankles held him tight. Are there others?

    Not sure how long I’ve been here. Silence. Maybe three months. Could be longer. Her fingers slipped away from the bars and her arms disappeared into the dark. There were others. The last one died from the experiments three days ago.

    Jesus. John tried to think. Cal would be looking for him. Wouldn’t he? John’s heart thumped against his chest. Doubt was a stealthy mistress who knew what buttons to push. Maybe Cal might just think good riddance. Maybe he’d be happy to be rid of the man who’d hurt so many anomalies.

    They brought you in about a day ago, Eve said. They’ve been poking and prodding at you ever since. They love their tests.

    There was something in her tone. Are you hurt? Have they been testing on you?

    A gusty sigh. Nothing I can’t handle. It’s not the first time I’ve been a lab rat for these bastards, or ones like them.

    You’re an anomaly.

    Silence.

    It’s okay. Something made him want to help her. Maybe guilt, maybe an unending need for penance. No one deserved this. I won’t hurt you.

    Yes. I am.

    What kind? Time Thief? Mind Raider?

    I can control people’s thoughts.

    Mind Raider. Look, Eve, we need to get out of here.

    She snorted. Hah. The thought never occurred to me, genius. She moved and he heard the clank of metal. I might have power but there isn’t anything I can do about the chains. What kind of anomaly are you?

    I’m human.

    Really? That’s odd, because they spent a hell of a lot of time testing you and injecting you with gunk.

    John frowned into the darkness. But there wasn’t time now to work it out. Voices echoed outside the lab.

    Fuck, Eve bit out.

    Bright lights flicked on.

    John cursed and winced. He caught a flash of white skin and the color red as Eve drew back into the shadows.

    I’ve been looking for you for a long time, Gabe.

    John turned his head toward the voice. A blond-haired man with a square jaw to rival a superhero stared down at him, flanked by two tough-looking guards in fatigues. Hovering behind them were two slimmer figures in lab coats—one man and one woman.

    Do I know you? John asked.

    The blond slapped a hand to his chest. I’m heartbroken. How the hell can you not remember one of your best friends?

    John didn’t remember much of his past life. Having his soul almost removed had obliterated his memories, leaving only a few terrifying flashes and horrible nightmares that regularly drenched his sheets in sweat. But he was pretty sure he’d never had any best friends. My name’s John Brown. Why the hell have you brought me here?

    The man stepped closer. John caught a glimpse of something metallic on his belt. Keys.

    Oh, I have plans for you, whatever the hell you call yourself now. The man’s face contorted into something dark. My name is Silas Keene. Ring any bells? No? Once upon a time, you destroyed everything I had.

    John drew in a shuddering breath. Someone else he’d wronged.

    Keene gripped the edge of the table. You decided I’d encroached on your little part of the drug business in Colombia. You burned my factories to the ground and killed my fiancée.

    John stayed silent. There wasn’t anything he could say.

    Since your little empire has been dismantled, fought over and appropriated by others, I only have your body left to destroy. Keene leaned forward. But death would be too good for you. I want you to suffer. Hard. He nodded to one of the technicians.

    One lab coat stepped closer holding a massive syringe.

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